By Robert Berger Jerusalem 27 September 2007 At least 11 Palestinians, mostly militants, have been killed in two days of Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel is weighing even tougher military a...
By Kari Barber Port Harcourt 01 June 2007 While violence has reached new heights this year in Nigeria's Niger Delta with nearly 200 kidnappings of foreigners since January, one former militant leader, now a peaceworker, has taken the risky step of de...
By David McAlary Washington 30 May 2007 U.S. health officials have quarantined an airline passenger who may have exposed others to a potentially dangerous form of tuberculosis. The unusual decision was made after the passenger took flights from the U...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 15 May 2007 The U.S. official in charge of emergency preparedness has pledged there will be no repeat of the chaotic government response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, saying federal authorities are ready to deal with the...
By Deborah Tate Washington 15 May 2007 The White House says President Bush still has confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, despite controversy over his handling of the firing of federal prosecutors and of the reauthorization of a clandesti...
By Al Pessin Washington 10 April 2007 The former coalition commander in Iraq, General George Casey, took over as U.S. Army Chief of Staff at a ceremony rich in tradition Tuesday, during which he predicted that the fight against terrorism will continu...
By Zorislav Baydyuk Chicago, Illinois 13 March 2007 watch International Adoption report Many Americans seeking to adopt children are looking to orphanages in other countries. Last year, the U.S. State Department issued over 20,000 immigrant visas to...